My Trip to the Philippines (roots).

[Chris]

Hi everybody, by avoiding making this a "I'm Back" thread I'll make this one about "roots" in general.
Well, first I would like to share my trip to my homeland for the first time in ten years.
Well, I'm half Philippine but I don't live there, I used to travel almost every year with my mom and dad to visit my moms family there... but as I got older school became more important to keep up with.
So ten years went by without visiting the Philippines... but this January I finally went back to my roots.
We departed early January and we returned just yesterday... what a trip it has been.
I won't share all the details without... but let me just say that I'm glad that I reached out for my roots once again.

So my question is:
What's your origin?
How long has it been since you last visited your homeland?

I'm back :D

[Trumpet Thief]

chaos: Good to see you Chris :D

[-N-]

India, 4 years since I've been there. Going this coming winter. Always an experience.

[TheAbominatrix]

Native American (Blackfoot) and German. I've never visited either of my homelands. The Blackfoot tribe is now centered in Montana on a reservation, and I live in California. And Germany is waaaaay too far.

[Lucky Charms]

I'm from the Philippines. But I'm not a direct native. Basically my dad's Chinese-Filipino and my mom is Japanese-Filipino.

Last time I was in the Philippines was two years ago. I went back to the Philippines for high school. It was a rather culturally refreshing experience. I had the time of my life.

[krissy]

i was in Poland about 3 years ago.

[eestlinc]

I went to Miami for Thanksgiving.

[gokufusionss1]

England
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[Casey]

Glad you came back in one piece. Im half filipino, and scottish/chickasaw indian. Born in Yokuska,Japan (usa navy base). Never considered it my homeland or anything, since Ive lived in the USA since 3. I heard its really dangerous to travel over there though, because of Abu-Sayiff killing American citizens and all. >_>